Visit the Team Iceshanty Proshop
I'm not buying the 2.5" target separation. I run a g2 CHIRP and with a jigging spoon I get 3 separate returns, Snap, spoon, and hook w/ bait. The entire combination of those 3 things is less than 2.5". Somebody on a different post mentioned that none of the sonar manufacturers denote what depth and conditions their target separation is measured at. Having been said, I've never thought target separation makes a huge difference as I start watching my rod tip before a fish gets up to my bait. Edit: a picture of the snap, slender spoon, and minnow head @8x zoom in 25 FOW with a helix G2 CHIRP. https://imgur.com/a/T6E3h
Maybe I’m missing something? If the picture of the lure provided is not an example of target separation, what exactly is target separation? Other than the resolution constraints of the display, how would target separation be impacted any differently by 2 targets vs 100?The Helix and the Marcum have the same Vertical resolution. Irrespective of target separation, they will require the same zoom to display the same size target/distance between targets.Other than the information provided by the respective manufacturer, what is the evidence of a significant difference in target separation between the Marcum LX6 and Helix 5?
First off, it's a picture not a video. I have plenty of experience with multiple fish and have zero issue differentiating outside of when school's of shiners move through. I don't see you offering any evidence of your claims so I don't see the point in your long winded hit piece.
Do yourself a favor and shop by reliability and feature set. Everything else is a pissing contest no matter how much some people will deny it. Target seperation, power output, etc don't mean squat when your on the ice and your sonar is on the fritz. I'm an IL guy too, just a minute down the road from you, season is too short to be messing around sending a unit in for service.
It's a sealed proprietary battery with no terminals. They are skinning people by charging $40 for a <$1 cable. When the battery goes bad in a few years you have to send the whole unit in and pay whatever service fee to have it "repaired".
Dang. Figures they'd have some proprietary nonsense. I found the adapter cable for $15 so I may get that. The shuttle arrives tomorrow so I'll open it up first and see if I can't work something out.
The replacement battery is 139.99 plus shipping both ways? Is that a joke? I mean, I think it's hilarious. $40 dollar cable, $140 battery and shipping on top of a 250 dollar shuttle. I see they have replacement chargers now for $45 as well. They are marketing it as a back up unit, that's ridiculous."Lithium Shuttle internal battery replacement. Your Lithium shuttle will need to come in to our service department to have this service performed." per Marcum. It's the first sentence under the price on the product page. So your battery goes out and all you have to do is pay up, mail the unit back, have them service it, mail it back and you're back on the ice. Sounds like fun. Or the charger goes and you just pay up(you also have to pay shipping both ways which isn't going to be cheap), wait for it to be shipped, and you're back on the ice. Best part is how do you diagnose if it's the charger or the battery when one goes on the fritz? you can't use a standard charger on these units, it has to be a load balancing Li charger and a voltmeter won't show a weak cell, It needs to be load tested.This comment isn't aimed at you 3300, just playing devils advocate on a product that doesn't look like it was designed with the consumer in mind. It appears to me to be just the opposite.
theses are marked as 11.1 volts. 12.5 volts charged and rested. they must be 1.85 volts each and 6 cells. they are supposed to get up to 1000 cycles.some thing else about these batteries is not to leave them fully charged as it stress's them out. discharging them to 70 % is ideal for them. my dji batteries self discharge and are programmable for how long you want them to wait before they self discharge to 72% for you. i set mine to self-discharge after 10 days. heat is also bad for them.the dakota batteries are 13.8v charged and rested. thinking they use the 18650 cells. samsung would be the premium battery to use like ridgid does in their battery packs.so it would be nice to get in on a low price like marcum maybe getting them at, but i know they buy in the thousands to get a good price.
I'm seeing a lot of 12v lithium batteries on Alibaba. 20ah for $100, is this not a good battery? Am I missing something?
but i still would like to hear where to buy a better battery/brand and at a better price because of your words make it sound like you know where to do this.